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Who says dating apps can’t inspire romance? We think that Sherri and Jon are the perfect anecdote to prove otherwise.
It’s not a surprise that Sherri and Jon ended up together via Coffee Meets Bagel. They’re an attractive, and successful couple who have a buoyant grins in the many photos of their travels. “I liked Jon’s profile because he looked handsome and had a graduate degree.” Sherri says.
“I liked Sherri because she was cute, [and] had a good job,” Jon similarly chimes in. Their mutual attractiveness and smarts lead to their first date on December 14th, 2013 at the Pump Room in Chicago. The bonus? She picked up that Jon was a great cook and an even better friend.
“Jon…brought smoked pork belly and mulled wine (for [his friend’s holiday] party).” Sherri explains. She later discovered his prowess in the kitchen and in cocktail creations. To the outsider, it sounds as if they both naturally fell into each other. On January 5th, 2013 during a blizzard, they called it official. “Despite the weather, we had an amazing day in the city,” Sherri says.
To Coffee Meets Bagel users, they have uncannily similar advice. “Use Coffee Meets Bagel!” Jon’s advice to users goes, “think about the specific characteristics of a significant other that are most important to you.” As for Sherri?
“Take the time to put key things about yourself in your profile. Be honest with yourself about what matters to you,” she says. And most importantly, “stay positive.” In the midst of winter, perhaps it was also her positivity that helped Jon and Sherri’s relationship to blossom.

“I never did online dating– it was right for some people, but not for me.” says Phoebe. She describes a preconceived notion that online dating was for those who might be too timid to meet people in real life. Yet, despite her reservations, she signed up for Coffee Meets Bagel in solidarity with a friend. Just a few weeks into her membership, she found Logan.
“I like’d Logan because of his pictures, but not for the reasons you might think.” Phoebe recalls. “His last picture…was him in some sort of homemade costume, clearly referencing something pop-culture-y…it told me that he didn’t take himself too seriously.” The part that caught Logan’s eye was, “where I said that I appreciate when my date ‘texts with complete sentences and punctuation,’” Phoebe says. These quirky details may have sparked in them similar longings for uniqueness and light-heartedness. Exactly twenty-four minutes after their mutual like, they became involved in a virtual tête a tête Phoebe describes as witty and intelligent.
On their first date, she recalls an anxious stream of thoughts as she waited outside Hungarian Pastry Shop. To the outsider, it sounds like butterflies. Her first time meeting an individual she had met online turned into the buds of a relationship. “A few hours [after the date] something sunk in and I had that deep, uncomfortable, hot, happy feeling of possibility.” Phoebe says. Despite previous experiences where she had been “deeply hurt” and “…cast aside by a series of ‘good guys’” they became official about a month after their first date. Her advice to Coffee Meets Bagel members looking for love is to “be straightforward,” and to most importantly “release your expectations of how things should happen.” She didn’t expect to have to, but when she signed up for Coffee Meets Bagel, she took her own advice. “Open yourself up to the romance of the everyday stuff.” Phoebe aptly says. She did, and she found her Bagel.Did you enjoy reading this post? Then check out “How Two Men Found Love Where They Least Expected It.”

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